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ANNUAL REPORT 2010-2011

“Bringing opportunities to the underprivileged”

Organization Details:

Registration number:6505

FCRA No. : 231660741

Website: www.omfoundation.in

Email: [email protected]

Communication address:

D-92, Sector-63, Noida, Uttar Pradesh-201301,India. 0120-4724600

Project address: OM Foundation School, Street no.2, Hoshiarpur Village, Near Sector 51,

Noida, UP, 201301, India.

Registered address: C-11, Tarang Apartments, I.P. Extension, New Delhi-110092. India.

Contact person:

Mr. Krishnendu Sengupta

Program Coordinator

[email protected]

Mobile no: +91-9818669278

Founder and Trustee Speaks:

Trustees:

Mr. Sanjay Drabu

Founder and Trustee

Mr. Vivek Gaur

CEO

Pacific Ventures Pvt. Limited

Prof. Shobit Mahajan

Professor

University of Delhi

Dear Friends of OM,

It is gives me an immense pleasure to release the Ninth Annual Report of the

organization. We started this journey with a passion to serve the society as we felt that it is

the payback time for all us. This pleasurable journey for a noble cause started with a

nursery school for the kids from the underprivileged society. Over a period of time more and

more people joined the cause which resulted in building a high school for the

underprivileged society, imparting free education at par with any other public schools of the

city. Our objective is not to leave them in the midway of their career hence we are

committed to extend our support till they start earning their own livelihood. Today we are

creating opportunities in employment as well through our projects on youth empowerment.

This journey could not have been possible without the support of our Corporate partners,

NGO partners and the individual donors. I would like to thank all of them for their faith and

sustainable support. I would like to congratulate the employees of OM Foundation for their

achievements in making this project successful and also thank them for their efforts. I would

also like to thank Mr. Vivek Gaur, trustee, OM Foundation for his support and guidance. I

am delighted to share with you that OM Foundation managed to keep its administrative

expense less than 5% and student attrition rate at less than 3% for the ninth consecutive

year. I expect the same cooperation and support from all of you in our future endeavors.

Index

Introduction 1

OM Foundation at a glance 2

Friends of OM 3

Extending support to the beneficiary’s 4

Child Education Program - OM Foundation School 5

Key Differentiators 6-7

Academic Achievements 8

Youth Employment Program 9-10

Community Development Program 11

The year at a Glance 12-19

Key Volunteers of 2011 20

Media Galore 21

Sponsorship Options 22

Introduction:

OM Foundation is a Noida based registered secular, gender sensitive and humanitarian public charitable trust,

founded in the year 2002. The Foundation was set up to provide children from urban slums with free and first-rate

education and basic healthcare. As part of this endeavor, it wishes to realize its mission by significantly contributing

to the economically and socially disadvantaged section of society . The Foundation aims to create, manage and

support programs that bring sustainable changes, predominantly in the field of education and employment.OM

Foundation also provides the relevant education, guidance and skills necessary for the underprivileged community to

emerge as an asset not only for their immediate family but also for the Nation. The organization is known for its

commitment to the cause. All the beneficiaries under the umbrella of OM Foundation getting free education, free food

and free health care services. OM Foundation is working for a sustainable development that will bring positive

change in the lives of these communities. The organization always welcomes and appreciates the likeminded people

who want to be a part of this run…

"We want the education by which chapter is formed, strength of mind is increased, the

intellect is expanded, and by which one can stand on one’s own feet."

---Swami Vivekananda

Vision of OM Foundation

The Foundation envisions by significantly contributing to education, health and employment of the socially and

economically underprivileged people of the country.

Mission of OM Foundation

•To ensure all round development of children by providing them quality education, healthcare and balanced nutrition,

so that they can accomplish a better life individually and act as responsible citizen of our country.

•To empower girls from the society by providing them support for pursuing their educational goals, thereby turning

them into dignified, confident and positive contributors to society.

•To help children and youth to shape their future with a secure job by providing them relevant skills training, guidance,

grooming, counseling facilities and employment opportunity.

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OM Foundation at a glance:

200+Beneficiaries

10Under

Privileged

Communities

8years

Working at

the Grass

Root Level

> 5%Administrative

Cost

2%Student

Attrition Rate2

British Gas

Friends of OM:Corporates:

Smile foundation

Individual Donors

Exl Service Aon HewittPacific Ventures KPMG

Foundation

UneecopsTI Cycles Dee Jee Cables

NGO’s

Theosophical

Society

Etasha SocietyCharity Aids

Foundation

Sai Baba Mandir

Samiti, Sec 40,

Noida

Mr. Kuldeep Drabu

Mr.Sanjeev Srivastava

Ms. Madhu Jhamb Mr. Nick Skinner

Mr. Naresh Thawani

ICare Hospitals

Marwari

Yuva Manch

BAAL VIKAAS

BHAARTI

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Mr. Richard and Sherry Bonelli

Ms. Rita Kandhari

Mr. Vijay Pathak Mr. Anil Kumar

Mrs. Raj Luthra

Mr.Amit and Somnath Dua

Mr.Sanjeev Khandelwal

Mr. Trilok S AroraMr. Rakesh Pachauri Ms. Seema Drabu

Extending support to the beneficiaries:

•Child Development Program

•Youth Employment Program

•Community Development

The commitment of OM Foundation to the society is make them

privileged by creating opportunities in education and employment. To

take this commitment further, the organization is running three

programs under its umbrella and extending the best possible benefits

to the beneficiaries.

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Child Development Program

Situated in the midst of Hoshiarpur village, Sector 51, Noida. The school was started in 2002 with

just 20 students and the strength as on 31st March 2011 has gone up to 215 students. School has

been set up to provide free first-rate education, free nutrition and free healthcare to the children from

urban slums. The children of the OM Foundation School represent the poor families from the

underprivileged society having their family income below Rs.4000 per month, who are neither in

position to afford the yearly school fee nor the cost of school uniforms and the requisite school items.

Some of these children had never attended school while others had to drop out, as their parents

could no longer afford to send them to a school because of financial hardships.

The core objective behind this project is to give them all round development and a sustainable

support through education so that they can ascertain themselves, their family and their own career.

Since inception, in last 8 years, we have maintained the education standards at par with other public

schools in Noida. We have covered a long way and still a long way to go.

OM Foundation School

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The school is imparting free education to all its students. The medium of

instruction is English and the techniques and methodology is at par with

other public schools in the city. The maximum strength for each class is

not more than 30. Class VIIIth will commence with effect from 1st April,

2011.

The admission process constitutes a

lot of screening and we make sure that

the only needy get benefitted. Our

principle is to take only one child from

a family so that we can reach out to

more underprivileged families.

The preference is given to children

who are orphans, single parent

child and girl child. Girl children

are our focus in order to ensure

that they lead a dignified and

educated life. The girl-boy ratio is

60:40 in the OM Foundation

School.

Key Differentiators:

The school motivates

underprivileged section of the

society to come forward for

education. The school avoids

any kind of favoritism to any

particular caste, creed or

religion in admission process.

The school has well ventilated

20x20ft classrooms, science and

mathematics labs, computer lab with

highly configured computers, library

with more than 5000 books, music

and audio-visual room.

The school has got volleyball,

basket ball and badminton courts

inside the campus, the school is

also having the facility of table

tennis.

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The uniforms, books and

stationery are free to all the

students.

All the students are provided

balanced diet and the health care

services. We organize medical

checkup camps for dental, ENT,

vaccination, anemic eradication

and general checkups.

The school has got 20 regular staff

which includes 15 qualified teachers

and a Head-mistress.

We follow the CBSE curriculum and NCERT

books are being used as the course books.

Mentorship classes for our weaker

students after the school hours in

order to bring these children at par

with other students of the class.

OM School students rewarded….

Ten students of the school received

scholarship of Rs.3600 from Basic

Siksha Office, Gautam Buddha Nagar,

UP. The Village Pradhan of Hoshiarpur

village has distributed the prize money

among the students.

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Academic Achievements-:The prime objective of OM Foundation School is to provide best academic support to the student. Our teachers are

performing a challenging task in grooming these students so that they can compete with the students of other public

school. In an academic year the students appear for the two terminals and four unit tests. This year, the students

performed really well.

Mid Term Results

Final Results

Students showed their academic brilliance

through the First Terminal results. Altogether it

was a good show as the pass percentage for

this exam was 97.5 and 47% of the students

passed scored more than 70% of the marks.

Students of OM Foundation School performed

well in their final exams of the session 2010-

2011. The pass percentage was 99%,

amongst them 56% of the students passed

with distinction marks that showed their

academic brilliance throughout the session.

“OM Foundation School is an inspiration model where one connect with the amazing children & this has been possible with the help of such committed teachers . It warms my heart to see such brilliant kids & their enthusiasm to learn!...

Arjun Singh ,MD, Asia Pacific, AON Hewitt8

Youth Employment Program:

OM Foundation joined hands with Etasha Society to initiate the skill development program for the

youth from the underprivileged society. Etasha society is a non-profit organization that aims to

provide market-oriented ‘employability’ and ‘vocational’ skills to young people from disadvantaged

backgrounds. The candidates are screened and selected from the underprivileged communities of

Noida. The eligible criterion for a candidate to be a part of this program is to have minimum

education qualification of 10th and must be 18 years of age. Under this program, OM Foundation

and Etasha society have to place the candidates to different organizations after their three

months of employability training. The candidates will be placed in the sectors like Hospitality,

Retail and BPO after their training. The purpose of initiating this program is based on our

understanding that in order to uplift these underprivileged communities, it’s very important to uplift

the youth by providing them the skill sets for the sustainable living.

Skill Development Program for Educated Youth

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Joint Initiative of OM Foundation and Etasha Society

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Partnering TI Cycles, Murugappa Group

We are started this project with BSA Hercules. Under this project TI Cycles will impart required

technical skills wherein the individual from a underprivileged society will get an opportunity to learn

the skill sets and accordingly they can earn their livelihood in the Cycle Industry. The aim is to

increase the employment opportunity in the uneducated underprivileged section of the society.

Under this project, the candidates from the underprivileged societies will be given 15 days

industrial training at the Noida factory (TI Cycles). There is no educational qualification and the

only criterion is that they should attain 18 years of age. Once these candidates finish the training

part, they will be placed in dealer stores of a BSA Hercules across Delhi-NCR.

The candidates will be provided certificate for their training from the BSA Hercules, TI Cycles Pvt.

Ltd. The salary range of trained candidate will vary from Rs.4000 to Rs.6000 per month,

depending on their performances.

Skill Development Program for Uneducated Youth

Youth Employment Program:

Community Development Program:

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Helping the underprivileged society as a whole by running

various awareness program related to Health and Hygiene.

400 people from the underprivileged society got benefitted

from Anemic Eradication camp held at OM Foundation School.

Organized breast cancer awareness camp for the village ladies

at our school campus.

Interactive session with the parents of school students making

them aware of the various issues.

The academic session 2010-11, commenced on April 1, 2010. OM Foundation School achieved a new feat by adding

57 more students to its happy family. The last session successfully concluded by promoting 161 students, there by,

touched the mark of 215 with just 2% of attrition rate. All the new admissions were made after proper entrance test

and scrutiny of the socio economic conditions of the parents. This year preference was again given to orphan,

physically handicapped, girls and single parent child. The selection committee met all the parents individually.

OM School students showed their concerned towards the

growing environmental disorder and climate change by

celebrating Earth Day on 22nd April. The student

presented a documentary on “Save Earth from Pollution”.

The year at a glance:

Centrica UK donated 2000 books to OM School’s library

through their book drive campaign. The enrichment of the

knowledge resource centre of the school will definitely help

the student to produce out standing results. The total

number of books now crossed almost 5000 covering

different fields like literature, comics, sciences, social

studies etc. This knowledge centre will help student to keep

abreast of the latest development.12

Series of workshops were organized workshops to enhance the quality of teaching

methodology to nurture the talent for the slow learners. The workshop were

designed and taken by Dr. RD Shukla, Advisor to OM Foundation School. The

teachers from the Setu Foundation also participated in the workshop. The entire

workshop guided the teachers on how to increase the quality level of teaching,

knowing ones responsibility, caliber and commitment.

OM Foundation always aims at the all round grooming of the students. It encourages the students to compete and

perform at any given stage. To make them more confident performers OM School hoisted a series of extra curricular

events through out this year. Under Inter- House literacy and aesthetical activities various competitions viz. Poem

Composition, Story Telling, Debate, Recitation, Story Writing, Poster Designing, Rakhi Making, Word Chain, Slokha

/ Doha Chanting, Conversation, Newspaper reading were organized. The participation levels of students were highly

appreciated and they had given their best shots in every event.

The new kids of the OM Foundation School have

given Hepatitis B vaccination for their healthy living

on 27th August at the school premises. All these

health care activities were carried out by the OM

foundation in association with Theosophical order of

services , Noida as a part of commitment for health

care services to these kids.

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OM Foundation organized Health care activities in the

school premises. Under the program “Students Eye

Screening Program-2010”, a team of doctors from

ICARE Hospitals, Noida organized a free Eye check-up

camp on 5th August for the students. The total number

of students screened during the check-up was 208 and

38 amongst them were given specialized treatment,

absolutely free of cost.

Dental care camp was organized on 21st August,

2010. Dr. B. Bhushan of Noida clinic, Sector 93,

checked the dental related problems of all the students

of the school. 56 students were given advanced

treatment.

School celebrated 63rd Independence Day with lots of

energy and enthusiasm. The two hours cultural

programs showcased the diverse quality of OM

Foundation’s students as stage performers. Students

were also awarded certificates for there academic

excellences. The event was witnessed the friends of

OM Foundation in the campus.

On 27th August, school kids celebrated the birth

centenary of Mother Teresa. The students performed

in the morning assembly showcasing the life of

Mother Teresa and one of the students of standard

7th, Kavita, groomed as Mother Teresa in the

assembly.

“OM Foundation Day was celebrated on 9th September as the organization marked its 8th anniversary. A special

assembly was organized and sweets were distributed among the students.”

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School celebrated Diwali and Eid in the morning

assembly of the school. Students made beautiful

diyas and colorful rangoli to celebrate this festival of

light. School also organized a special assembly to

celebrate this holy festival of the Muslims and

showed the equal respect for every religion in the

OM School premises. Students were also offered

Namaz in the assembly.

“I am delighted to see these outstanding kids performing in colorful costumes with

such zeal . I must appreciate the school teachers and the management for creating

such an excellent show”

Ian Peters, COO, British Gas on Annual Day

6th October, Wednesday, was the fortunate day for the

three kids of OM Foundation as they witnessed the

aquatic events of the 19th Common Wealth Games in

Delhi. The kids accompanied by the CIO representatives

and two representatives were from the school. The event

was held at Dr.SPM Aquatic Complex. It was an elated

moment for the kids to witness such a big event for the

first time in their life

The 8th Annual Day of OM Foundation School marked a remarkable success when it comes to colorful cultural

excellence and performance. The kids presented a series of fantabolus programs with lots of versatility in their get-

ups and appearances that changed the mood of the ambience. The Chief Guest of the function was Mr. Ian Peters

COO, British Gas, accompanied by the other esteemed guests. The specialty of this function is the 100%

participation of the 212 students.

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OM Foundation School added new triple storey building to its campus. The three floor building is having 8 rooms, one

dining hall attached to the kitchen. It was inaugurated by Ian Peters , COO ,British Gas on the Annual Day of the

School. The terrace of the building provides enough of open space for the children to play around. The school is now

having a well equipped science laboratory as well. Aon Hewitt also contributed in adding more infrastructure facilities

to the school and school is now capable of having classes till 10th standard.

OM Foundation students took part in an on-the-spot

painting competition organized by the Art of Living on

Earth Day in which total 6 lakhs of students from Delhi

and National Capital Region (NCR) were participated.

Rajesh of standard VII made the institution proud by

getting felicitated for his beautiful painting. It was one

of amongst the selected 200 paintings at the national

level.

OM Foundation School is one of the fortunate Indian

school representing the country at the global level. The

Global Children Challenge is the world’s largest health

initiative campaign designed to get children from all

over the world active and instill in them the habit and

importance of daily exercise for rest of their lives. The

Global Children’s Challenge is an opportunity for

schools to take part in a free, measurable and

entertainment program that help children by

encouraging healthy behavior by making exercise easy,

fun, stimulating and educational. The 50 days long

event started off on 29th of September.16

India’s one of the leading English dailies, Hindustan

Times published half page feature report on the OM

Foundation School. HT City Copy editor spent half a

day in the school premises. She took a virtual tour of

the school with the management, understanding the

concept of the school on which it is based. She

interacted with kids, visited the library and the different

laboratories of the school. She also had a long chat with

the founder and trustee Mr.Sanjay Drabu and learned

how the single stone structure turned into a fort.

OM Foundation pays sincere thanks to British Gas

Engineers for their dedicated volunteering in the OM

Foundation School. They showed the real spirit of team

work and completed the tiling of one big dining hall, the

first and second floor lobby and the three administrative

rooms of the school.

OM Foundation started Skill Development Program for

the youth. The purpose initiating this program is based

on our understanding that in order to uplift these

underprivileged communities, it’s very important to

uplift the youth by providing them the skill sets for the

sustainable living.OM Foundation joined hands with

Etasha Society to initiate the skill development

program for the youth from the underprivileged society.

OM Foundation in association with Rotary Club,

Indraprastha conducted the Annual Anemic Eradication

Camp in the OM Foundation School. This camp

benefited almost over 400 people that included OM

beneficiaries and the local villagers as well. A total of 402

students and ladies were checked up. Nearly 60 percent

of school children were found to be anemic and they and

their mothers were fully briefed about the course of

treatment and handed over the iron and folic acid tablets

for 40 days. 17

Republic Day was celebrated in the school premises on 26th of January.

Students performed cultural programs to mark the republic celebration.

Guests from Centrica India and EXL Services were also present at the

function

OM Foundation always encourages volunteering

activities and this time it witnessed some dedicated

and sincere volunteers coming all the way from

abroad and spent quality times with the OM Kids.

Ms. Mihika Kapoor a young, energetic and

enthusiastic student of standard Ninth came all the

way from United States for week long volunteering

activities. Mr. Jack Cain and Ms. Hayley Williams,

fresh graduates from UK spent three weeks with the

students. They worked on improving the learning

abilities of the student and also taught them the core

subjects. Their sincere efforts and time definitely

helped the students.

Our first initiative towards creating employment for the needy youth started in

December, 2010 and in the month of March 2011, the first seven candidates

got the jobs and placed in various retail outlets across Delhi NCR with a fair

salary packages. It’s a huge achievement for OM Foundation as down the

years we are going to start various such skill development projects for the

underprivileged society especially for the female population.

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Santa, gifts, carols, chocolates and the fun n frolic, what

else could anybody think of when it comes to Christmas

celebrations. The kids got the privilege to enjoy the time

inside the premises with lots of activities. Students got

their surprise gifts, the moment they entered their

classrooms. The presence of the esteemed guests from

Centrica India and Exl Services made the celebration

more joyful. OM Foundation would like to extend special

thanks Centrica India Operations for sponsoring the gifts

and the lunch there by making the celebration possible.

We would also like to thanks Exl services for their

sustainable support and the volunteering activities.

In another program with TI Cycle India Pvt. Ltd, where our objective is to employ the uneducated youth by giving

them industry specific training skills and place them as skilled labor in the cycle industry. Under this program the first

two candidates were placed in the Noida factory of TI Cycles. They are getting a salary of Rs.5200 that includes PF

and ESI. Their placement will boost the others from the various communities for those who are looking for the

similar opportunities.

The students were taken out for a picnic in two groups. First it was the nursery and kg students went to Noida Sector

15A Park on 5th of February. And in the second group, on 12th February, the rest of the school from 1st to 7th went to

Indraprastha Park, New Delhi to enjoy the bright sunny winter.

Ms. Anne Minto, Group Director Centrica PLC and Mr. Arjun Singh, CEO Aon Hewitt marked an auspicious visit to

the OM Foundation School on the 30th of March, 2011. They were accompanied by the senior officials of Centrica

and Aon Hewitt. They spent more than two hours with the school kids, visited each and every classroom and

interacted with almost every student. They also brought lovely goodies and dictionaries for the OM Kids.

“The experience at the school was very special. The time that I have spend in the school with the

kids made me feel very happy. It reminds us of our responsibility towards the society & the

contribution that we need to make as privileged individuals. I heartily congratulate the school for their

lovely work....”

Anne Minto Director, HR Centrica PLC

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Key Volunteers of 2011

Jack Cain and Hayley WilliamMihika Kapoor

EXL and Centrica India Volunteers British Gas Engineers

Bhumika GanjuSue Ward

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Media Galore..

After the on-site success of the event, UDGAM, Annual Day of the school, it

was well covered by the local media and the national media. The report and

the pictures of this event were published by selected local and national

dailies.

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Sponsorship options:

Adopt a child

By Adopting a child you pledge to support a child’s all round development including quality education, healthcare services

and balanced meals throughout the year. You will receive quarterly reports about the performance and growth of the child

adopted by you.

Payable Amount

INR per Year- 15,400.00 per child per year.

USD per Year- 350.00

Sponsor Development & Education kits for a child for a year

Development & Education kits includes along with books, charts, handouts, lesson plans all kinds of stationary material

required for a child to learn, read and write.

Payable Amount

INR per Year- Rs.1500.00 per child per year.

USD per Year- 34.00

Sponsor the uniforms for a child for a year

Uniform include a two-piece uniform along with socks and shoes for both summer and winter season.

Payable Amount

INR per Year- 2,500.00 per child per year

USD per Year- 56.80

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